Recent progress in understanding PAMP-and effector-triggered immunity against the rice blast fungus magnaporthe oryzae

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 605-620

  Liu, Wende ^a   Liu, Jinling ^a,b   Ning, Yuese ^a   Ding, Bo ^a   Wang, Xuli ^a   Wang, Zhilong ^b   Wang, Guo Liang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ETI; innate immunity; Magnaporthe oryzae; PTI; rice

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE;

EID: 84878314972     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst015     Document Type: Review

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